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personnel

[ pur-suh-nel ]

noun

  1. a body of persons employed in an organization or place of work.
  2. (used with a plural verb) persons:

    All personnel are being given the day off.



personnel

/ ˌɜːəˈɛ /

noun

  1. the people employed in an organization or for a service or undertaking Compare materiel
    1. Also calledhuman resources the office or department that interviews, appoints, or keeps records of employees
    2. ( as modifier )

      a personnel officer

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Usage Note

Some usage guides object to the use of personnel as a plural. However, this use is well established and standard in all varieties of speech and writing. The use of personnel with a preceding number is largely restricted to business and government communications: Six personnel were transferred.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of personnel1

1825–35; < French, noun use of personnel (adj.) personal < Late Latin ō, neuter of ō; replacing personal (noun), Anglicized form of French personnel; compare German Personal, variant of Personale, Italian personale. See é
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of personnel1

C19: from French, ultimately from Late Latin ō personal (adj); see person
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An RAF veteran who was among the first British personnel to witness a flattened Hiroshima following its atomic bombing by the US in World War Two has died aged 102.

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Dodgers personnel have emphasized that a hitter’s technique remains the biggest factor in success at the plate.

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Deputies and Compton Fire Department personnel attempted to render lifesaving aid, but both victims were both pronounced dead at the scene.

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West’s son, Jonnie, is the Warriors senior director of pro personnel.

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And with NOAA’s monthly climate change briefings indefinitely suspended in April owing to personnel reductions, staff may become less aware of what, precisely, is happening to the climate.

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